Best Astronomer Poems

Away from the city, away from the world,
On top of the mountain which sleeps in the cold,
A humble astronomer stares at a star.
How lonesome our planet must seem from afar!

He ponders the spaces of wearisome void,
Celestial empires unknown or destroyed,
Continuous mingling of matter and light.
What...

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Astronomer

If the universe created me
to be its cosmic conscience
And all else, I presumed to be,
turned out demonstrable nonsense

What could I say to reconcile 
this awfully sickening fact
I'd concede defeat gracefully and,
take it all back

But I'm looking at the darkness
and an ever wheeling sky
knowing my ancestors...

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Kinshala:
 
     to me, you are an artfull inspiration
 
     the first  (from many)  of whom
 
     to attract such gravitation,
 
     I feel the stars....they beckon...

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When I saw the learned
Astronomer
Chasing stars from his clumsy steeple
I heard the fate of
Andromeda
in the curse of a thousand people

Fallen! Broken! Praise be 
Damned!
The star has flown and will never
land!...

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There was an astronomer "Peeping Lars".
Who used his telescope for more than stars.
He stared at Mrs. Claire's
derriere and bare pair.
Got caught, now Lars star gazes behind bars.





1/3/19...

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There was an astronomer called Kurt
Had star patterns all over his shirt
Discovered a new planet
Named it after wife Janet
But then on his lens found it was dirt.

Disappointed he hit the town’s bars
Tried crossing the road dodging the cars
But then he ran out of luck
Kurt got...

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Once there was an astronomer named Boone.

   Claimed he saw a cow jump over the moon!

      That could not be verified.

         Boone was later certified,

     ...

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Stone steps
To the top of the tower -
At least a hundred -
In a spiral staircase;
Regularly spaced,
Worn by many feet
And time,
Yet as strong as the day 
They were quarried
Out of local granite.
Taking the polished brass
Handrail, I started to climb;
Eventually, 
Stopping midway
To catch my breath,
And massage my...

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Most astronomers gaze up at the stars
But Freddy took pretty women to bars --
   He'd get in big brawls
   Crash into brick walls -- 
When he came to, he'd have sworn he saw Mars...

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An absolutely truthful account... (strangely, including the contest’s mandatory ’*’)

Twas something like nineteen seventy seven
I saw a guy on a bridge gazing at heaven...
I was sat fishing, set up for the night
The night that that fella would give me a fright

A full moon aglow in...

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THE ASTRONOMER’S RETURN

An astronomer tetchy but famous
When his theories were placed in question
Returned this contortive suggestion 
“Why don’t you go gaze at Uranus!”...

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I am no great astronomer, I am 
By no means a seer
But the stars sparkle in time with
The beat of my heart
And shooting stars come out
Every night
Full moon or no moon
My darkness has faded
A blanket removed from my soul
Breath moves the clouds away
So clear the...

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There once was a handsome astronomer
Though he tried he couldn't be any stranger
For every solar eclipse
He'd do a couple of flips
In his tutu he was quite the number



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Submitted on February 28, 2019 for contest WHAT I LIKE sponsored by MAUREEN McGREAVY

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